>>107761341Don't buy anything other than IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T, X, and W/P Series if you want the Real Business Experience™Other business laptops are welcome in /tpg/ (Dell Latitude/Precision, HP EliteBook/ZBook)Why ThinkPad?>Used machines are plentiful and cheap>Utilitarian design: e.g. mix of old and new ports, stable keyboard layout>Easy to repair, upgrade (some models) & maintain thanks to readily available service manuals, spare parts easy to obtain>Usable in cramped quarters thanks to the TrackPoint>Excellent Linux & *BSD supportThinkWiki - General infohttps://www.thinkwiki.org/Model generations:>Classic IBM: T40-T42>IBM/Lenovo transition: T43 T60 T61 (T42-T43: significant spec difference; T43-T60: 64-bit arch)>Classic Lenovo: T400-T430 (T61-T400: 4:3 to 16:10; T410-T420: 16:10 to 16:9; T420-T430: 6-row keyboard, USB 3)>Boxy ultrabooks: T440-T480 (T430-T440: eDP, M.2, soldered CPU; T460-T470: NVMe, USB-C)>Thin above all: T490 T14g1 T14g2 (T480-T490: soldered WiFi (Intel), partly soldered RAM, internal battery only)>TrackPoint on a pig: T14g3 T14g4 (T14g2-T14g3: 16:9 to 16:10, fully soldered RAM/WiFi (AMD), end of mechanical docks)>iFixit-approved TrackPoint on pig: T14g5-... (T14g4-T14g5: Ctrl/Fn swap, camera bump, modular RAM returns)FAQ:>Oldest that won't choke on the modern webLight use: x61YouTube, Gmail etc: xx10(s)>Oldest that drives a 4K monitorxx40(p/s)>Oldest that takes 32 GB RAMX260 T460p/s W510>Lasts full day on batteryT550 T560 X260 xx70 Tx80 T16 and any Lunar Lake>Newest with socketed CPUT440p W541BIOS replacement:https://coreboot.org/ | https://libreboot.org/ | https://canoeboot.org/Supports x60 xx00(s)-xx30(s) T440p W54x T470s Tx80(s)Additional resources:https://dankpads.com/tpg/ | https://biosimage.booru.org | https://github.com/n4ru/1vyrainPatches:https://github.com/digmorepaka/thinkpad-firmware-patcheshttps://github.com/hamishcoleman/thinkpad-ecChat:##ibmthinkpad on libera | #/tpg/ on rizon
Now that Panther Lake is coming, is Lunar Lake X1 going to be affordable?
680m or 780m t14?
can someone remind me how to fine tune trackpoint settings on a t430? the acceleration settings suck on mine
Kinda happy with myself I just fixed my first laptop ever a T61 found for 3 euros the same processor and for 30 I bought a bundle of 6 ram sticks DDR2 2GB also managed to change the hard drive since I had it open for a cheap ssd from Cex so quite happy I got a new processor on it upgraded from 1gb to 4gb and upgraded from 80gb hdd to 260gb ssd.The only casualty is the wifi and bluetooth funcionallity somehow while I changed the processor I fucked up and destroyed the chip by accident, so far I dont care cause I have RJ45s in my room plus a few Usb wifi/bluetooth antenas in me room.I did get Linux mint with XFCE, kinda looks good, Im having second thoughts on not getting a desktop environment with less memory such as LxQT or Sway, but quite happy how it works, I did set it up with plenty of apps from Flathub so I can use it as an off-line typewritter, with also a few emulators and VLC to watch 720p from my physical drives in case of power/internet outtage.I reckon the T61 must be frowned upon cause its a very slow boy but for what little I need suffices.All the upgrades I bought for it costed me like less than 40 euros, the things I regret my T61 doesnt have the IBM letters on it and I lost the red clitoris mouse in between the keys about a 15 years ago when I was drunk playing doom in the street with it.
>>107871956X1 has never been affordable.>>1078720146850U gets better battery life, 7840U gets better performance.
>>107871956There's no reason to ever get X1 Carbon. It's just T14s but expensive.
>>107873920yeah, I see no usecase for X1 either. For extra bucks I'd pick P14s over X1 any day. If I need real ultraportable machice, I'd chose X13.
What do you think? Worth it for the price?
>>107874910Actually, one of the reviews says it loses GPU support? IDK what that means
should I get t14s or t14?
>>107875334Why spend $200 more for an obsolete laptop?
>>107873920>There's no reason to ever get X1 Carbon.Better displays, usually.
>>107872014DO NOT DO THE 680m, 780m is worth it in most all regards if nothing else the FSR improvements.t. owner of a T14s with 7840u who had a previous APU and got 'upgraded' during a repair
